of Naples. Member of the Theatines. Established the Roman Ghetto in Cum Nimis Absurdum (1555) and established the Index of Forbidden Books. Ordered Michelangelo...

sustenance, and denying them the exercise of all professions. The papal bull Cum nimis absurdum of 1555 created the Roman ghetto and required the wearing of yellow...

especially against converted Jews, he issued a bull on 14 July 1555, Cum nimis absurdum, creating the Jewish Ghetto of Rome. He refused to recognize the...